Sheri Shaneyfelt is an art historian of the Italian Renaissance and a professor in Renaissance art at Vanderbilt University, where she is also director of undergraduate and graduate studies for the History of Art and Architecture department and director of the master’s program in liberal arts and science. An award-winning lecturer, Sheri also teaches courses in Northern European Renaissance and baroque art at Vanderbilt. She earned her PhD at Indiana University-Bloomington, with a master’s from Vanderbilt, both in the history of art. Sheri specializes in Central Italian art, particularly that of Umbria and Tuscany. She lived and worked in Italy for long periods of time, teaching for study abroad programs in Perugia and Florence. Her research has been published in top art history journals and in her book Renaissance Painting in Perugia: Perugino, Raphael, and their Circles. A seasoned Smithsonian Journeys expert, Sheri loves leading groups and lecturing on site, and emphasizes the role of art and architecture in context.